When Cracking the JEE is not Enough

Henry, Odile; Ferry, Mathieu

doi:10.4000/samaj.4291

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“…On the contrary, lower castes benefiting from reservation policies are often regarded as intellectually inferior (Subramanian, 2019). The elimination of students from disadvantaged groups during the course of their higher education curriculum ensures their lower outcomes on the professional market after graduation (Henry and Ferry, 2017). Further, on the one hand, discriminatory processes and biased representations of young graduates belonging to low or Muslim communities constitute barriers to obtaining top positions in the class structure, where recruiters tend to privilege cultural cohesion and homophily (Thorat and Neuman, 2012).…”

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Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India

Ferry

2022

Sociology

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Socio-economically advantaged upper castes tend to claim that Indian society is ‘post-caste’, suggesting that individuals from historically marginalized castes and religious groups do not face specific social barriers when attempting to move into white-collar positions. Alleged intergenerational mobility and the emergence of a ‘new middle class’ related to the growth of the private sector is widely used to counter affirmative action initiatives in higher education and public-sector recruitment. In this article, I test these claims by examining Brahmin, lower caste Dalit and Muslim patterns of intergenerational class and educational mobility of father–child pairs. I point to the strong role of caste and religion in shaping one’s destination, particularly when accessing top occupational positions in the private sector. These results question the meritocratic and casteless claims of the Indian ‘new middle class’ in post-liberalization India, and they call for more encompassing policies reducing origin-based inequality.

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Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India

Ferry

2022

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“…conglomerates of different jatis (castes) -by using the category of admission as a proxy. 125 We consider three main admission categories; general (non-reserved), OBC (Other Backward Classes) and SC/ST (Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe). In the Indian context, caste does not necessarily overlap with class or income, and it is imperative to differentiate social and economic stigmas.…”

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From one participant cohort to another: Surveying inter-generational political incubation in an Indian University

Martelli¹,

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2018

India Review

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Several recent studies propose that political choices of Indian youth can hardly be distinguished from those of their parents in many respects. Contrary to this well-established understanding, this article shows that when set apart from the spheres of family and work, students in a flagship Indian university-mostly in the social sciences and humanities-gradually transform their political attitudes in light of prolonged exposure to a campus environment. Through combining ethnographic study with the analysis of a survey of political attitudes of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, we show that time spent in situ fosters participation to political activities, increases chances of joining a student organization and make students more likely to identify themselves as politically radical. The class and caste background of students, on the other hand, are not strongly associated with political attitudes, showing the integrative nature of politicization on the JNU campus.

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The Chemical Sciences and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

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There has been mounting concern over the absence of gender equality in the sciences in recent years. This has been accompanied by a broadening of the perspective, in order to address issues of equality, diversity and inclusion, relating to a wide range of circumstances in which individuals suffer discrimination. While some progress has been made in some countries, nationally or at the level of institutions, much more needs to be done. The chemical sciences can play a leading role in addressing biases, through 1) becoming a model of good systemic practice in policies, processes, and actions; 2) developing practical skills through training in cultural competence; and 3) promoting a stronger evidence base to uncover both the extent of problems and the degree to which approaches to improve equality, diversity, and inclusion are working.

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When Cracking the JEE is not Enough

Cited by 30 publications

References 16 publications

Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India

Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India

From one participant cohort to another: Surveying inter-generational political incubation in an Indian University

The Chemical Sciences and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

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